MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 32%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics3.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemMSI MS-7721
MotherboardMSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)  (all builds)
Memory1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20160810
Uptime1 Days
Run DateOct 11 '17 at 20:15
Run Duration96 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing below expectations (27th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$175
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
29.8% Poor
Memory 38.4
1-Core 55.7
2-Core 114
38% 69.3 Pts
4-Core 117
8-Core 157
17% 137 Pts
64-Core 185
12% 185 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 29.8%
Great: 52%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
MSI(1462 7721) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
3.67% Terrible
Lighting 4.03
Reflection 6
Parallax 10.4
3% 6.82 fps
MRender 3
Gravity 8.23
Splatting 4.96
4% 5.4 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 3.67%
Great: 8%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
734GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 205
Write 151
Mixed 150
126% 169 MB/s
4K Read 0.61
4K Write 2.12
4K Mixed 0.16
83% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 102%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 99U5471-054.A00LF 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
15% Very poor
MC Read 5.8
MC Write 5.1
MC Mixed 4.9
15% 5.27 GB/s
SC Read 3.6
SC Write 2.8
SC Mixed 4.6
10% 3.67 GB/s
Latency 210
19% 210 ns
Poor: 20%
This bench: 15%
Great: 34%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721) Builds (Compare 1,074 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: MSI A68HM-E33 V2 (MS-7721)

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